MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers at the University of Texas in Houston found 62 percent of women with two types of early-stage breast cancer responded well to chemotherapy and could forgo surgery.
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Penn Medicine opens 1st center for organ donors
Philadelphia, Pa.-based Gift of Life Donor Program and Penn Medicine have opened a first-of-its-kind donor care center at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Colorado women’s clinic to outsource procedures to local ASC
The Women’s Clinic of Northern Colorado in Fort Collins will begin outsourcing procedures to Nadora Healthcare, a Johnstown-based ASC, according to an Oct. 25 report from the Loveland Reporter-Herald.
ChristianaCare cancer center to close by end of year
Elkton, Md.-based ChristianaCare Radiation and Oncology Center at Union Hospital will close by the end of the year, Cecil Whig reported Oct. 25.
IU Health to develop cybersecurity lab for medical devices
Indianapolis-based IU Health is developing a cybersecurity lab to test medical device security.
80% of Atlanta hospitals hit capacity following Wellstar ED closure
Since Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center closed its emergency department on Oct. 14, nearby hospitals have taken on its patients. An Oct. 25 report from 11Alive gave numbers to that toll: eight in 10 Fulton County, Ga. hospitals are listed as busy or at c…
Miami Mount Sinai cancer center to open 2025
Miami, Fla.-based Mount Sinai Medical Center’s Irma and Norman Braman Cancer Center is on schedule to open in September 2025, Miami Today News reported Oct. 25.
Hospital Sisters Health System reports $67M loss from operations in FY 2022
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System reported a slight revenue increase and a multimillion-dollar loss from operations for the 2022 fiscal year’s end on June 30.
Where health IT salaries rank compared to other industries
Healthcare ranks 14th for IT pay, with an average North American salary of $113,758, out of 23 industries analyzed in a recent report on tech employment from educational company Skillsoft.
Michigan outpatient clinic to serve 5,000 veterans
The Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor (Mich.) Healthcare System is opening an outpatient clinic in Howell, Mich., Livingston Daily reported Oct. 25.
